ldsuttonjr Loc: ShangriLa

14 Lessons For Stupid People

by Patrice Lewis

As I write this, the German town of Hamburg is in chaos as 100,000 anti-capitalists (otherwise known as stupid people) pour in to participate in a Welcome to Hell protest against the G20 summit. Police have responded to the violence with water cannons and pepper spray while Hamburg residents are suffering vandalism and arson to their homes, businesses and cars by the peaceful demonstrators. Beer appears to be a popular fuel for the rioters.

As with most protests of this nature, its a little vague what these people find objectionable, but a few themes have emerged. Demonstrators want open borders, more wealth distribution and an end to capitalism. According to the U.K.s Daily Mail, Protesters say the G20 has failed to solve many of the issues threatening world peace, including climate change, worsening inequality and violent conflicts thus accomplishing at the rally the very things they claim they are against. (Thats why they are known as stupid people.)

The arson, rioting and vandalism initiated by the protesters, doubtless to illustrate how peaceful and inclusive they are, as well as their violent opposition to violent conflicts, merely echoes similar protests that have taken place in many Western nations, especially America.

So, as a public service from a middle-aged rural housewife with no background in economics or politics, I would like to offer lessons the older generations would like to teach stupid people.

1 Capitalism isn't your foe; it's your friend. Wealth is produced by capitalism, which in turn fuels taxes that powers the nation. If you end capitalism, you end the incentive for people to become wealthy. Wealth disappears. If this is the kind of equality or fairness you desire, congrats on your room-temperature IQ.

2 Money doesn't grow on trees. The social welfare net was never meant to be a multi-generational career opportunity. Younger people simply cannot grasp a time, for better or worse, where you didn't eat if you didn't work. Poverty is an amazing motivator, and the reason older people have the work ethic they do is because it was either work or go hungry. Many legal immigrants from Third World countries still understand this. They arrive, often with little more than a suitcase in hand, and spend the rest of their lives working two and three jobs to prosper in this land of opportunity. Watch and learn.

3 The freedoms you take for granted were paid for in blood by millions. I know you think it's cool and trendy to spit on graves, desecrate flags and pretend the sacrifices of earlier generations have nothing to do with you, but such actions only make you look even stupider.

4 Multiple sexual partners doesn't make you empowered; it makes you stupid. I realize many young people have not grown up with the blessings of an intact two-parent home (not their fault), but try to grasp this concept: Promiscuity leads to diseases, abortions, broken families and heartache. Committed monogamy does the opposite.

5 There are evil people in the world who want to kill you. These people are not interested in talking about their feelings; they simply want to eliminate you in creative and gruesome ways. Pretending this evil doesn't exist just makes it grow bigger. It's only because brave men and women make a stand against these evil people that your butts are safe enough to protest for open borders.

6 Your current freedom to protest, be jerks, demand entitlements and other worthy pursuits are possible because of a handful of men over 200 years ago who put documents in place to ensure a posterity of freedom and governmental constraints in this nation. These men were flawed but brilliant. The fact that America still rocks on despite whittling away at these documents is proof of their legacy. Don't think that you, with your obviously still-developing brains, know more than they did and can improve upon their work. You can't.

7 You might think atheism is trendy, but it's not what this nation was built on. America was built on a Christian foundation and principles, which is why it has enjoyed the success it has. For those who like to quote the incendiary America is not a Christian nation verbiage from the Treaty of Tripoli, please read this column on the history and logic behind that treaty. Read that column from start to finish. Go on, I dare you.

8 The world doesn't revolve around your feelings. Really, it doesn't. You might feel like a different gender or a different species today, but no one cares. You might feel like the world should address you in a pronoun of choice, but we won't do it because we prefer to speak proper English. Suck it up, buttercup.

9 Higher education doesn't make you smarter. Someone with a doctorate degree in Social Justice (SJW) is way, way less smart than a plumber or welder or farmer, simply because the SJW has never operated in the Real World and has no idea how economics (much less common sense) works.

10 Nobody owes you a thing. Millionaires don't owe you their wealth. Farmers don't owe you their food. Owners of apartment buildings don't owe you a place to live. Car manufacturers don't owe you a vehicle. Colleges don't owe you an education. Fast-food employers don't owe you a $15 minimum wage. Heck, unless your under 18, your parents don't even owe you your current basement hangout. When you demand others give you things to which you feel entitled, your in effect making slaves of them by forcing them to provide the fruits of their labor without a choice. That's a stupid attitude.

11 Along those lines, career goals should center on goods and services people want, not feelings that have been sanctified by government bureaucrats into law. If you get hostility from older generations who resent being forced to cater to your whims, it's because these older generations know a parasite when they see one.

12 Rights do not cost anyone anything. If you think you have a right to (pick one: food / education / money / vehicle / housing / Internet / smartphone / employment), ask yourself whether that something will cost someone else time, labor, or money to provide it to you. If it does, it's not a right.

13 Whining does not make you a more attractive prospective employee. Nor does dressing inappropriately, cursing, piercing every orifice, lavishly tattooing yourself, or other personal expressions of your individuality. Yes, you are free to do all these things, but a business is free not to hire you as a result.

14 Life isn't fair. People are born with handicaps or suffer accidents or illness. The most admirable people are those who make lemonade out of their lemons. The worst thing the government can ever try to do is to make things fair, because in so doing, it will make things drastically more unfair for everyone else.

This list barely skims the surface of the advice older people would like to give to the younger generation. Of course, as the cliche goes, you can lead young people to wisdom but you can't make them think.

Oh well, I tried.
by Patrice Lewis

pappadeux Loc: Phoenix AZ

Pat, I suspect that you are "Old School" as opposed to the "New School" in which this once great country is becoming. We don't need to worry about being destroyed from the outside. It's clowns like Peter S. and his gang of "Snowflakes" who are trying their best to do it from within. We were warned of this back in the '1860s' by one of our greatest presidents. Wake up folks and smell the 'manure' being spewed out by this bunch traders.

Carol Kelly

bylm1-Bernie

I wouldn't worry too much about Peter S and his kind. As Obama once said about ISIS or Al Qaida, they are the JV team. I believe it is the media, Hollywood and the Dems and RINO's in Congress we need to worry about. Somehow we need to neutralize this segment and get the truth out to the people. Any suggestions?

kankune Loc: Iowa

Wonderful post. Spot on! AWESOME....

E

As an old fart, I read it all and agree with almost every word. Well said. Thanks for posting.

patron1

Good Post Patrice.

Keep in mind that the United States of America began and has thrived as a Constitutional Representative Republic. However, the Left Wing Liberal Democrat's have perpetuated our digression into a Democracy the past 4 or 5 decades and the past 8 years have tried to sink us into a Socialist Democracy.

Here are some quotes to go along with your post:

"Democracy is the road to Socialism"
- Karl Marx -.....Communist.

"The goal of Socialism is Communism."
- Vladimir Lenin -.....Communist.

"Democracy is indispensable to Socialism."
- Vladimir Lenin -

"The problem with Socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money."
- Margaret Thatcher -

"The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the
philosophy of government in the next." - Abraham Lincoln

"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." - Abraham Lincoln

Ronald Hatt Loc: Lansing, Mich

***HOW IS IT THAT "NYC....."DEBLASIO"......IS ACCEPTED BY HIS "ELECTORATE", AFTER PERFORMING HIS "UN-AMERICAN", DOG & PONY SHOW IN GERMANY? ? ? ? ? ?

ARE THE "NEW-YORKERS"....""TOTALLY"", UN-AMERICAN, & STUPID? ? ? ? ? ? ?

ldsuttonjr Loc: ShangriLa

The majority can't speak English!!!! The minority elite are in the low-information tank! They are on the take and will do anything not to upset the apple cart!

E

yes

patron1

All of the LEFT WING LIBERAL, PROGRESSIVE, SOCIALIST DEMOCRAT's are UN-AMERICAN and STUPID, some know it and some are clueless.

That goes along with the Socialist Democrat quirk of having no idea of the meaning of Logic/Common Sense.

It's a losing battle, trying to make sense of that group of people. My only conclusion is that the Democrat Electorate are either totally uninformed and vote by rote, because they always have, or are complicit in wanting to "Fundamentally transform the United States of America"--Obama, into a One Party Socialist/Communist dictatorship.

"Their is no difference between communism and Socialism, except in the way of achieving the same ultimate goal: Communism proposes to enslave men by force, Socialism by voting. It's the same difference between Murder and Suicide."-- Ayn Rand

Ronald Hatt Loc: Lansing, Mich

SO "SADLY"...TRUE! [ MOST ALL "ON THE TAKE".....LIBERAS}